I am 42 years old this year, married for 16 years, and have two sons, ages 15 and 10.
Recently, I opened a hot pot restaurant on the fourth floor of a shopping mall near my home, although the area is not large, only more than 400 square meters, but the business is quite good.
At seven o'clock one night, it was the peak of dining, and many customers were waiting in line outside.
The store was very busy, I was at the kitchen outlet, concentrating on controlling the entire kitchen, and suddenly received a ** from my wife Ye Xin.
She cried at the end of the **: "Li Wenlin, my mother is gone, and I don't have a mother anymore." ”
Hearing the news, I, like my wife, had a heavy heart and couldn't help but wet my eyes in public.
I tried my best to comfort Ye Xin, and then quickly arranged work, and then called my eldest son **.
I told him the sad news and told him to pack up and wait for me to come home to pick up the two brothers and rush back to their hometown.
After one o'clock in the evening, we finally arrived at our hometown. Thinking back to the past, my mother-in-law's care and care for me, sadness once again welled up in my heart, and tears could not help but welling up.
Many years ago, my mother-in-law was no longer just my mother-in-law, she had become my mother.
With the help of the villagers, we held a lively funeral for my mother-in-law.
After everything was dealt with, Ye Xin said to me in a hoarse voice: "The children still have to go to school, you can take them back first." I will accompany my father more, and you will come back to pick us up and go back to the provincial capital when the time comes. ”
Look at your eyes are swollen, and you have lost a lot of weight, and you are emaciated. Go back and get some rest, get some sleep, and then go to the store when you're done, you know?”
I responded, "Yes, you should also pay attention to rest and don't worry too much." ”
As we prepared to say goodbye, I walked into my father-in-law's room with my two sons to inform him that we were leaving.
My father-in-law was busy rummaging through the cabinets, looking so focused that he didn't look up at us.
Don't rush back, I have something to announce. The father-in-law said suddenly, motioning for me to inform Ye Xin and Ye Mao.
Everyone gathered in the living room, and after some time, the father-in-law appeared with something in his hand.
Your mother is gone, and in accordance with her last wishes, I want to give something to everyone. Said the father-in-law.
When the brother-in-law and sister-in-law heard this, their eyes flashed with expectation, and there was no trace of sadness on their faces.
The father-in-law continued: "These two gold bracelets and one jade bracelet are given to Ye Xin. In addition, the house in the provincial capital also belongs to her. ”
Ye Xin hurriedly excused himself: "Dad, I only need the gold bracelet and the jade bracelet, the others are my mother's treasures, and I am willing to keep them as a souvenir." As for the house, keep it for yourself. ”
The father-in-law waved his hand: "This is your mother's wish, the house will be yours, no need to refuse." You don't have to worry about me, I plan to stay in my hometown in the future, and you can come back to see me when you have time, that's enough. "Also, there is a total of 830,000 in this card, which is my and your mother's savings for many years. ”
This money does not need to be divided among adults, but is divided into four children, each with 100,000 yuan, mainly to encourage them to study hard. The remaining 430,000 yuan, I keep it for myself, and if I need to be sick and hospitalized in the future, this money will come in handy.
The brother-in-law had a gloomy face and was silent. The younger daughter-in-law interrupted her father-in-law's speech halfway, and her tone was cold: "Dad, you wait, about those bracelets, it's no problem to give them to the eldest sister, I have no objection." But why did the house in the provincial capital have to be given to her?”
The location of the house is quite good, with a market value of more than two million. If you want to share, you should give it to Ye Mao, after all, he is your biological son, otherwise he should also give you two grandsons. ”
This is our family's property, why should we give it to outsiders?Is a daughter closer than a son?Grandchildren have an advantage over grandchildrenDon't be so confused. ”
The father-in-law said calmly, "Why?"Ye Xin quit her job and took care of her mother for 3 years without complaint. Moreover, no matter how busy Li Wenlin is with work, he comes back to visit us whenever he is free, and every time he comes back, he returns with a full load. ”
I ask you, have you ever wiped your mother-in-law once and fed it once?How many times have you and Ye Mao come back to visit?Every time, there are many reasons, saying that there is no time and no time, even if it is a big leader, it will not be so busy. ”
Even if it's a trip home for the Chinese New Year, you are always reluctant. I still remember that you and Ye Mao covered their noses in your mother-in-law's house, and left in a hurry in a blink of an eye, without even saying a word. ”
My brother-in-law snorted coldly: "We are already busy with work, and we have other affairs to deal with, so it is not kind for you to say this." Moreover, it is not necessarily true that my sister and brother-in-law are filial, I think they had ulterior motives from the beginning, and they just pretended to be for those possessions. ”
When I heard her say this, I couldn't help but be furious. What does it mean to pretend to be a good person?I am not filial to the elderly, and I ask them to shirk their responsibilities when there is something, but now I am talking nonsense for the sake of property.
Three years ago, my mother-in-law suffered a heart attack, and although she accepted it, she could only be helpless in bed.
Whenever she gets off work, Ye Xin will go to assist her father-in-law and take care of her mother-in-law together. Whether it's feeding, wiping her body, massage, or simple communication, she has no complaints.
Recently, my father-in-law decided to bring my mother-in-law back to his hometown to retire, not on a whim, but because it had been carefully planned several years ago. Earlier, they invested in the construction of a two-storey house in their hometown and planned a spacious yard.
Because the mother-in-law was bedridden for a long time, the father-in-law felt uncomfortable, so he implemented the plan to return to his hometown in advance to care for the elderly.
If my mother-in-law is in good health, we have no objection, but given that my mother-in-law is critically ill and my father-in-law himself suffers from high blood pressure, we really don't have to worry about letting them go back to their hometown.
This is a real problem for us, and we have not yet found a more suitable solution.
The brother-in-law sighed: "Obviously living well here, why do you have to go back to your hometown?"Do rural areas have better medical conditions than provincial towns?It's really obstinate and doesn't even think about the problem comprehensively. ”
Go back whenever you want, my wife and I have to go to work and don't have time to see you often. ”
The father-in-law responded indifferently: "Hey, no time is no time." Anyway, when your mother was hospitalized, you and your wife didn't go to see it, it was your sister and brother-in-law who worked hard. ”
After Ye Xin returned home, she complained to me: "Li Wenlin, my parents are going back to my hometown, I am really worried. I considered quitting my job and going back to take care of my mother. ”
Mom's current situation is really distressing, and I don't know how long she can last, I want to do my part. Besides, it is really difficult for Dad to take care of Mom properly by himself. ”
Ye Xin choked up while talking, and I comforted me softly: "The wind doesn't stop, and the tree wants to be quiet;."Family affection expects nourishment, but can't wait. Maybe you should consider quitting your job and returning home to take care of your parents. ”
Rest assured, I will take good care of our son. These two children are usually very sensible, and I don't believe I need to worry too much about it. ”
This is not a lie, because my parents-in-law treat me like a new parent, especially my mother-in-law.
In today's circumstances, we cannot predict how long the path of filial piety will last. Financial constraints can be earned again, and it's just a small thing.
When I was 24 years old, my mother died in a car accident, and the insurance company paid 300,000 yuan in compensation, but the money was completely in my father's hands.
Within three months of his mother's death, his father brought home a female companion, and the two were hastily married soon after. What's even more bizarre is that they actually held a grand wedding with ten tables in a four-star hotel.
What followed was that with a stepmother, there was a stepfather, and soon after, the stepmother became pregnant. At her instigation, my father decided that I was an eyesore and wanted to kick me out of the house.
When my mother's bones were still cold, my father remarried, which made me both angry and sad. Despite the humiliation, I was thrown out of the house by my father because the woman was dissatisfied with me, which made my heart tremble.
This house should have been a part of my mother, and there was also the 300,000 yuan compensation, why was I forced to leave?
I didn't want to leave, but I didn't expect my father to do it to me so cruelly that he beat me to the point of bleeding. But he called me unfilial in front of outsiders, bullied him, an old man, and accused me of targeting my stepmother, who was only six years older than me.
My head was smashed by a stool and I was dripping with blood, until the neighbors heard the movement and intervened to stop the tragedy, and the kind people took me to the hospital.
Ye Xin was my classmate in college, and the two of us have known each other for three years. When she learned of my condition, she immediately came to the hospital to take care of me.
The following day, my mother-in-law came to visit with a meal and prepared a delicious bone broth.
She said to me: "Xiao Li, don't have too many things on your mind, take care of ** first."
Actually, a lot of thoughts came to my mind at that time. I regretted that I had become an orphan all of a sudden, and that mother who loved me so much did not allow me to do my part. This regret will never be filled.
I was also thinking about my father's indifference, which was once a majestic tree in my eyes, but now he was like a strange enemy to me, and my feelings for him had become complicated.
I couldn't tell when my father had changed, or maybe he was too well disguised to be perfect.
I'm still thinking about whether Ye Xin and I have other thoughts now, even though I have a deep relationship with Ye Xin.
The most important thing is whether her parents will be disgusted with me. In my situation, are they willing to marry their beloved daughter to me?
However, what I didn't expect was that my mother-in-law personally brought me food and told me not to think about anything and concentrate on taking care of my body.
I think that with her care, even if Ye Xin and I can't be together in the future, I won't have a grudge against her.
On the day I was discharged from the hospital, my father-in-law personally drove me to pick me up and invited me to their home to recuperate.
I didn't want to be a burden to others, my father-in-law looked at me a little procrastinating, and deliberately said, "Li Wenlin, why are you so slow?."The action is stiff and not good at all. ”
Why don't you come and stay with us?Asking your aunt to make some soup for you and take care of your body is more important than anything else. You say, if you live outside alone, can you take good care of yourself?”
My father-in-law's concern made me feel a lot more at ease, and he, like my mother-in-law, was still willing to entrust Ye Xin to me.
I can't thank me enough that they didn't walk away from me when I was in trouble, and they didn't blame me.
Subsequently, my father-in-law hired a lawyer friend to help me with the lawsuit, and I was able to recover my property from my father.
My father viciously denounced me as a scum and announced that he would disown me. Actually, this is exactly what I expected, and I have nothing to fear from such a father.
Knowing that my father-in-law and mother-in-law were willing to marry Ye Xin to me, Ye Xin's aunt said to her mother-in-law: "Sister, although Li Wenlin doesn't have much money, he doesn't have a mother, and he doesn't have a father." Marrying Ye Xin into such a family, are you sure she won't get into trouble?”
The mother-in-law scolded angrily: "What do you mean we put Ye Xin in a predicament?."Li Wenlin is talented, has a stable job, and is a potential success. The most important thing is that he has a good character and a good personality, and he is very good to our Ye Xin. ”
You know what, don't talk nonsense. Tell you, don't underestimate any young people. ”
When I heard these words in my room, my heart warmed and everything seemed to become clear all at once.
My mother-in-law took great care of my two sons when they were born. She was a handful of and, raising small babies into big ones and not letting go until they went to kindergarten.
Whenever my family of four came back to my mother-in-law's house, she always prepared some dishes for me that I liked to eat. She always said, "Wenlin, you see you've lost weight, eat more soup, eat more food." The most important thing is your body, don't just focus on work. ”
Actually, I didn't lose weight, but because my mother-in-law cared about me. She treated me as her own and worried that I was too busy at work and might have neglected my diet.
Later, due to some reasons, I made the decision to quit my job and choose to start my own business. Thankfully, my father-in-law and mother-in-law did not object, but silently said that I was an adult and should be responsible for my choice.
Since I have a certain amount of research on food, I came up with a plan to open a restaurant. Instead of objecting, the second elder expressed concern: "If the funds are not enough, we can support it here." "At that time, I politely declined their generosity, because the family already had some savings, and I was working with two friends to share some of the pressure.
However, my mother-in-law still took 200,000 yuan and handed it to my wife Ye Xin, and instructed her: "Give the money to Wenlin and let him do things well." This money is for you, and you have to use it well. She understood that we might be worried about some of my brother's thoughts, so she said soothingly, "Your father and I have been subsidizing your brother all the time, don't worry." ”
With the development of the business, when I had the ability, I returned the 200,000 yuan to my mother-in-law as soon as possible. Although they were very nice to me, I didn't think I could take the old man's money for granted.
Therefore, when Ye Xin proposed to resign and return to her hometown to take care of her mother-in-law, I had absolutely no complaints. I'm not the kind of person with bad intentions.
When they return to their hometowns, I often take the time to buy some things to visit them. Although my mother-in-law's speech was already a little slurred, I would still be by her side, chatting with her, assisting Ye Xin in changing her clothes, etc.
Even if I can't go back in person, I'll often learn about them through **. Every month, I would give Ye Xin some money and ask her to buy some delicious food for her father-in-law and mother-in-law to ensure that their expenses were met.
All our actions were sincere, and we never considered coveting the real estate and property of our father-in-law.
However, my sister-in-law's wife treated us with a narrow mindset, insisting that we were initially motivated by impure motives and only behaved like this for the sake of possessions.
Although there was a lot of anger in my heart, I chose to stay calm, after all, we acted with a clear conscience and there was no need to argue with her. The father-in-law mentioned that he would transfer the property to Ye Xin, but at this time, the younger daughter-in-law was furious and left angrily, claiming that he wanted to find someone to theorize.
The father-in-law smiled indifferently: "If you don't feel ashamed, go ahead, I don't care, and it won't change the final result." ”
In order to calm the conflict, Ye Xin decided to transfer the 200,000 yuan given by his father-in-law to the children. In addition, we took out an additional 300,000 yuan to subsidize them, however, even so, the brother-in-law and brother-in-law were still dissatisfied, claiming that we only knew how to be careful and exchanged hundreds of thousands of dollars for a house worth millions.
The brother-in-law angrily stood up and slammed the door, while the younger brother and daughter-in-law cursed discontentedly behind their backs, and the two children followed suit.
Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and I think that as long as you are worthy of your conscience and worthy of your heart, it is enough. In the future, no matter what the brother-in-law and his wife think about this matter, Ye Xin and I will abide by our responsibilities and take care of our father-in-law.